EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES (EIE)

CERTIFICATE OF ADVANCED STUDIES (CAS)

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Save the Children (SC) and University of Geneva (UNIGE) are delighted to announce the East & Southern Africa (ESA) cycle of the Certificate in Advanced Studies (CAS) in Education in Emergencies running for nine months from May 2019 to January 2020. The deadline for applications is 25 April 2019. As an inter-agency course applications are welcome from all organisations/agencies and individuals via this link

AimEducation is a fundamental component of humanitarian response: it contributes to the physically and psychologically protection of children, their families and communities; it supports and promotes the continuation of child development and learning and helps prevent drop out; it presents an opportunity to improve the reach, quality and relevance of education, including building resilience.

A key part of being able to initiate, design and implement timely and quality EiE responses that can do this is that staff responsible possess the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes (competencies) - developing these is the aim of the EiE CAS.

Target AudienceBased on the premise that key agents of change and influence in EiE responses are mid-high level Education/EiE practioners who manage, influence, coordinate and/or represent field level operations (including via organizational and sector strategies and resources), it is this cohort that the EiE CAS is targeting in order to improve the coverage, quality and timeliness of EiE responses. In recognition that development programme education practitioners are frequently involved in managing otr supporting EiE responses in their contexts or country, or have to adapt their programmes to a new emergency context, the programme also actively invites applications from this group.

Selection Criteria: You will...• be an education professional with at

least 3 years’ relevant experience;• have a Bachelor’s degree, or

equivalent, from an institutionrecognised by UNIGE;

• have a good level of written andspoken English (as this is the workinglanguage for this cycle of the course);

• be working in an education inemergencies programme or aneducation programme;

• ideally have mid-high level educationresponsibilities (including oversight/support) which include some or all ofthe following tasks:

- conducting needs assessments andanalysis;

- proposal development;- programme design and modification;

- programme management (including ofindividuals and budgets);

- programme/organisationalrepresentations (at working groups or Cluster);- monitoring, evaluation and reporting;- coordination (incl. Cluster/WG) andadvocacy (internal and external).• be a national from and working in acountry in East and Southern Africa (ESA)region (priority target group) or be basedin and working in an ESA priority country(considered).

N.B. Save the Children (SC) is committed to creating an inclusive environment, promoting and providing equal opportunities, respecting diversity and avoiding unlawful discrimination during selection and course delivery. SC welcomes applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of their race, gender identity, biological sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

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Additional components:

Weekly open office hour (OOH) offered by course teachers and/or course graduates for learner-led group discussion and questions.

24 hours available (1 hour offered per week for the first 6 months

Optional face-to-face hub sessions where feasible 1-2 days depending

Potential placements/job-swaps opportunities offered to graduates of the residential face-to-face.

2 weeks minimum

Community of Practice (CoP) established and supported Ongoing

Course follow-up coaching/mentoring offered6 hours plus

When What Details Level of effort (hours)

13 May – 28 Oct 2019

Distance E-learn-ing

Six modules of distance e-learning comprising individual self-directed learning, webinars and forum discussions with a formatively and summatively assessed group and/or individual assignment per module

230 hours over 24 weeks (8-10 hours per week)

11-29 Nov 2019 inKenya/ Uganda/Ethi-opia (TBC)

Residential face-to-face training

Two-week face-to-face residential (Module 7) using desk-based simulation to apply and consolidate learning and a Training of Trainers (ToT) to support its sharing (part of final assignment)

90 hours over 2 weeks (full time)

1 Dec 2019- 31 Jan 2020

Final assignment – Training

A final assignment (Module 8 – Reflection, Synthesis and Learning) in which learners conduct a learning needs analysis for their programme or response and plan, deliver and report on a training based on it

50 hours over 6 weeks (8 hours per week but most on training delivery)

Following the successful roll out of the 6-month blended learning programme in East Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia (non-accredited), Save the Children partnered with the University of Geneva (UNIGE) to offer the programme as a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Education in Emergencies, the successful pilot of which took place in South Asia in 2017-18, with a CAS in the MEEE region currently underway. The CAS accreditation carries 14 European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits which equates to a third of a Masters (the equivalent of a PG Cert in the UK). The programme’s blended learning approach includes the following components:

CostsAlthough the cost of delivering the EiE CAS generously subsidised by the IKEA Foundation, not all expenses are covered and some cost recovery through participant fees is necessary.

In recognition of the differences in different organi-sational resources and opportunities, these fees are tiered in the following way:

• Individuals:• UN organisations/Donors:• International NGOs:• Government:• National NGO/CSOs:

The course fee covers all costs during the nine-month course (including accommodation and meals during the two-week face-to-face residential) except for flights, visas and any other travel costs to the residential location.

Scholarships may be available to those applicants who meet UNIGE’s scholarship criteria (see UNIGE application page for details on this), or Save the Children’s Women in Humanitarian Assistance or national NGO scholarship criteria (email EiE@savethechildren.org.uk for details about this)

Application Process

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Complete the online application form in full. If you think you are eligible for the possible scholarship opportunities described, contact either UNIGE or Save the Children as directed aboveSubmit the completed application by midnight 25 April 2019, directing any ad hoc queries directed to EiE@savethechildren.org.uk.

4. You will be contacted directly be email in duecourse about the status and success of your appli-cation and any next steps.

Places on the programme are limited and there-fore we will only select participants who are suited to the level of this training and who are based in priority locations. Successful applicants will need to explain how the training is relevant to their role and how they will be able to directly apply their learning in a pro-grammatic and/or humanitarian context.

NoteThe aim of this EiE course is to build a pool of practi-tioners with the competencies to be deployed domes-tically and regionally to lead or support quality edu-cation in emergencies responses. Please remember this when applying - we want to make sure that individuals graduating from the course are able to use their new skills and knowledge in a deployment situation to improve the timeliness and quality of EiE responses. Please also note that the course requires approximately 10 hours of study per week and two weeks for the residential face-to-face; this is substantial time commitment requiring careful consideration.

Application Deadline is 25 April 2019. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

The programme is broken down into the following modules taught by a team of five experienced education in emergencies instructors:

# Module Title LoE hoursMod.0 Introductions & Inductions.........................................................................................................................NAMod.1 Concepts and Framework ........................................................................................................................25Mod.2 Cross-Cutting Issues and Approaches .................................................................................................25Mod.3 Assessment, Analysis and Design..............................................................................................................25Mod.4 Physical and Psychological Protection and Wellbeing........................................................................50Mod.5 Teaching, Learning and Improving Outcomes.......................................................................................80Mod.6 Support Systems: Community Participation, School Management, Policy & Coordination......25Mod.7 Application (Face-to-face residential).....................................................................................................90Mod.8 Reflection, Synthesis & Sharing (incl. training assignment)................................................................50

Total hours...............370

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